Lisnasharragh (District Electoral Area)
Lisnasharragh is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Cregagh; Hillfoot; Merok; Orangefield; Ravenhill and Rosetta.[2] Lisnasharragh, forms the greater part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections. The Rosetta ward had previously been part of the Laganbank District Electoral Area, Orangefield and Ravenhill had been part of the Pottinger District Electoral Area, while the remaining wards had been part of the abolished Castlereagh Borough Council.
2014 results
| Belfast City Council elections, 2014[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisnasharragh | |||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Alliance | Michael Long | 1,726 | |
| DUP | Aileen Graham | 1,546 | |
| UUP | Chris McGimpsey | 1,362 | |
| DUP | Tommy Sandford | 980 | |
| DUP | Colin Hussey | 916 | |
| SDLP | Kate Mullan | 878 | |
| Alliance | Carole Howard | 860 | |
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 637 | |
| PUP | Helen Smyth | 630 | |
| Green (NI) | Connal Hughes | 485 | |
| NI21 | Leah McDonnell | 315 | |
| NI21 | Pete Wray | 162 | |
| Turnout | 10,497 | ||
References
- ↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ↑ Belfast City Council Elections, 2014, ARK, accessed 24 May 2014
- ↑ Elections 2014: Botanic, Belfast City Council
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